
I’m going to sit on my butt eating food and hanging out with my family for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I invite you to click a link each time you get grateful. It may help you shake it off. My Other Hangouts (don’t tell my blog): Ten Dos and Donts On How To Survive Thanksgiving: On [...]
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When my children walk into the bathroom and watch me going through the feminine rituals of shaving and makeup, I wonder if I’ve let them down. If my conforming to these cultural ideals makes me a cog in the wheel of less than and not enough. Every time I suck in. Every time I look [...]
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There’s no thinking this week! It’s Spring Break, MAN! But I did repost over at the Blogger Body Calendar some thoughtfulness on domestic violence. I just can’t turn this stupid brain off. Domestic Violence Awareness Month Is Every Month: Have you ever wondered about my poetry? This post includes a poem by me that was [...]
Tagged as: Blogger Body Calendar, Domestic Violence, Health care, Poetry, Repost, Spring Break, Violence, Women
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If you want to ask me something, DO IT! CLICK HERE. Ask Alex: So what do you do with your kids when you’re writing? [I mean besides letting them play with knives and run in the street when the TV isn't on.] A question from Meredith of Bueno Baby who not only takes fantastic pictures [...]
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I’m over at Richmondmom.com giving Holiday Tips On How Not To End Up In Someone’s Blog because I’m nice like that. Also, there are only forty Blogger Body Calendars left! Thank you for all your support! I got mine in the mail last week and thought Ms. November was purty durn cute. See what it [...]
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When I was eleven years old, I asked my mom if I could start shaving my legs. I don’t know why. I just knew hair was bad. It was the same year as the unibrow incident. Hair is unwanted on women. No underarm hair. No leg hair. No arm hair. No stomach hair. And sometimes [...]
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My son: Mama, I’m drawing my body! Me: GREAT! And it really is great! Because counting body parts means I can check off a developmental milestone and will also come in handy during zombie attacks. At four years old, he should draw six body parts. (See a medical education DOES come in handy!) Five would [...]
Tagged as: Art, Blogger Body Calendar, Motherhood, No Points For Style
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Tonight, I had coffee with a new-er friend. (well, tea) And when I went to DM her to say WHERE? But I couldn’t. Because neither of us were following each other. Which for all intents and purposes occurs when you BLOCK someone. So here I am getting ready for a coffee date with someone who [...]
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